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I believe the best educational experiences happen outside of the box whether that be in public schools, by homeschooling, roadschooling (take education on the road!), unschooling or any other awesome adventures in life used to teach. I’m trying to figure out the best way to reach and teach my 5 kids. Many of my blogs will focus on things we are learning along our journey as well as lots of sign language related teaching and learning opportunities.

This is a personal passion of mine. I love sign language. I teach and interpreter and I love, love, love to sign to worship music. Check out my sign language page for teaching videos and workshops for learning ASL.

Roadschooling and Unschooling

Most of you are pretty familiar with Homeschooling but the terms Roadschooling and Unschooling, though not new, are only recently making their way into more mainstream conversations so many of you do not really understand what that type of school encompasses. This page will help provide resources and information to help you if you're looking into Roadschooling or Unschooling.

Roadschool Resources

Roadschooling is a lot like it sounds - schooling, teaching, or learning while "on the road"... outside of a traditional classroom. As more and more families hit the road for a more free, nomadic, adventurous life they are finding that roadschooling is a perfect fit for their lives. While similar to homeschooling it just incorporates a lot more hands on experiences through museums, state parks, nature, the community and more.

Unschooling Resources

Unschooling is what many traditional educationist see as an extreme reaction to public school education burnout. The rest of us see it as a more natural way to learn and as a creative and innovative solution to an often "failing our kids" public school system. I love and follow some aspects of unschooling, however, with my education background and my intense fear that my kids won't get the core basics of math, reading and writing, I can't completely let go of structured learning and go all in for unschooling. I will say that I have read some amazing testimonies from families that have had great success with unschooling and their kids have gone on to become more sucessful than a majority of public school students. This is not for the faint of heart though. It sounds easy... just let your kids go and do whatever they want and they will learn but really, that is NOT unschooling - that is being lazy. Unschooling is being WITH your child as they explore and creating or pointing out learning in the experience. That to me takes more work and I love the concept but I can't fully embrace it. I do this with things like science, history and life skills. I have my kids on online math and language arts but tons of learning happens as they are living life and having "fun". As the kids find topics and subjects they are interested in they are free to explore those things whether it be through online research, videos, exploring or talking with experts in those fields. Below are links to resources and blogs that explain more how unschooling works and can be successful if not correctly.

**I am currently being attacked online by Heather Elyse, now Heather Matranga, who frauded us in our Haiti adoption. I have been very open about our situation with her and with the FBI investigation that was launched against her and she is now posting a lot of false information online in an effort to discredit my reputation. If you see any blogs or posts online that don't match my character and you have any questions about them, please just reach out to me and I'll be happy to clarify anything. Thank you.